AP Literature and Compositions Allusions Flashcards
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| 7797209610 | Genesis- Creation | "In the beginning..."; God created the world in 7 days; "Let there be light"; "On the seventh day he rested" | 0 | |
| 7797215474 | Genesis- The first people | Adam- formed from dirt; "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust"; Eve (Adam's wife)- formed from one of his ribs; Adam named everything; "Be fruitful and multiply" | 1 | |
| 7797224131 | Genesis- The Garden of Eden | Paradise; Trees- Tree of life, Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil (forbidden fruit) | 2 | |
| 7797234201 | Genesis- "The Fall of Man" | original sin; serpent (satan) tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit; Eve shared it with Adam; God expelled them from the garden; "the lust of flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" | 3 | |
| 7797290547 | Genesis- Babel | represents human ambition and the origin of various languages | 4 | |
| 7797292361 | Genesis- Exodus | lead Israelites out of Egypt to the Promise Land; Rescue of the baby Moses; The Burning Bush; The plagues of Egypt; Parted Red Sea, staff, snake; The Ten Commandments; Manna | 5 | |
| 7797309485 | Cain and Abel | Cain killed Abel; "brother's keeper'; brother vs. brother; Cain is banished | 6 | |
| 7797313315 | The Great Flood | Noah; the Ark; the animals (two by two); Forty days and forty nights; The rainbow- God's promise never to destroy the world by flood again | 7 | |
| 7797396283 | Abraham | Was asked by God to sacrifice his son, Isaac, but God stops him at the last moment through an angel. This symbolizes mans willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice | 8 | |
| 7797406743 | Israelites | God's chosen people; led by Moses (received the 10 commandments, symbolic archetype of hero) | 9 | |
| 7797437762 | Egypt/ Pharaoh | represents the world's class systems | 10 | |
| 7797440098 | Mountains | various mountains represented spiritual high points, pursuit of God, In the O.T. ascending implied spirituality, descending implied carnality | 11 | |
| 7797473827 | Joshua | Battle of Jerico- marched around the walls seven times and the walls fell | 12 | |
| 7797475671 | Golden Calf | idolatry | 13 | |
| 7797477898 | Joseph | Favorite son/ sarah; coat of many colors; dreamer and interpreter of dreams; sold into slavery by jealous brothers; after interpreting a dream of the Pharaoh, he becomes powerful | 14 | |
| 7797491280 | Daniel | thrown into lion's den and survived | 15 | |
| 7797493307 | David and Goliath | shepherd kills a giant with a slingshot | 16 | |
| 7797497945 | Job | extreme suffering, but will not renounce God | 17 | |
| 7797499850 | Samson and Delilah | his strength was his hair; she cut it off | 18 | |
| 7797503482 | Sodom and Gomorrah | Corruption; two cities destroyed by God because of their wickedness (sexual) | 19 | |
| 7797507711 | Ahab | wicked king | 20 | |
| 7797520099 | Lot's wife | turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at the city she was leaving; inhabitant of Sodom, turns into pillar of salt-> disobedience is punished | 21 | |
| 7797534232 | Angels (cherubs, seraphims)- three named in the Bible | Michael- arch angel, Gabriel- messenger angel, Lucifer (the fallen angel)- Satan, the serpent, the devil, Beelzebub, the Enemy, "the father of lies", cloven foot, Hell, Hades, Lake of Fire | 22 | |
| 7797543682 | Biblical Numbers | 3- the number of completeness (the trinity) 6-the number of man (man created on the 6th day) 7- the number of perfection/ completion (7 days of creation) 12- the number of unity (the 12 disciples) | 23 | |
| 7798056719 | Heaven | lion lies with lamb, eternity, "pearly gates" | 24 | |
| 7798096187 | Solomon | wisdom and great temple | 25 | |
| 7798098057 | David and Bethesda | symbolic of adultery. They have a child together before getting married | 26 | |
| 7798101641 | Absalom | David's favorite son, he was killed in battle trying to usurp David's thrown. This symbolizes paternal grief for a lost and fateless son | 27 | |
| 7798112463 | Jesus | Savior, messiah, Christ, Son of God, Son of Man, Shepherd, The Lamb; The Cross/ Tree; 12 Disciples; Communion; Baptism; Christmas- Manager/ stable, 3 wise men/ magi/ kings, the star, Joseph and Mary; | 28 | |
| 7798210740 | Last Supper | Jesus knew and he said he would be betrayed (by one of his own disciples) | 29 | |
| 7798213199 | passion | suffering and death of Jesus | 30 | |
| 7798213200 | Easter | Crucifixion (nailed to a cross), Judas's kiss- Betrayal for 30 silver pieces, tomb, Resurrection/new life, Reference to "blood" | 31 | |
| 7798232658 | Bible | gospel, "good news", the Word, the Scriptures, "book of life", | 32 | |
| 7798236171 | Gospels | Matthew, Mark, Luke, John | 33 | |
| 7798238331 | Prophecy | Daniel, Revelation | 34 | |
| 7798244638 | "Judgement Day" | second coming, Book of Revelations, Armageddon, Babylon, Apocalypse- 4 Horsemen | 35 | |
| 7798248220 | Four Horsemen | First on White Horse- Bow, War Second on Red Horse- Sword, Pestilence Third on Black Horse- Scales, Famine Fourth on Pale Horse- Death | 36 | |
| 7798261929 | John's prophecy about the end of the world | Balance of Good and Evil | 37 | |
| 7798265215 | Parablese | Prodigal Son, Lost coin, Lost sheep, Vine and Branches | 38 | |
| 7798268760 | John the Baptist | Dance of the 7 veils, John's beheading | 39 | |
| 7798270903 | 7 deadly sins | pride, envy, gluttony, lust, wrath, avarice, sloth | 40 | |
| 7798273933 | 7 Sacraments | a rite believed to be a means of or visible form of grace Baptism, Penance/ Reconciliation, The Eucharist (communion), Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, Extreme Unction (anointing the sick) | 41 | |
| 7798293241 | Dionysus (Bacchus) | Gods of Wine- overuse/ excess | 42 | |
| 7798293265 | Adonis | loved by Aphrodite because he's pretty | 43 | |
| 7798296487 | Achilles | hero of Iliad, Dipped in River Styx by heel, Heel= weakness and vulnerability | 44 | |
| 7798305379 | Antigone | Brother- polymetheus, Godipus' Daughter, Justice vs. Law | 45 | |
| 7798310821 | Prometheus | steal fire and gives it to Humans, Punished by Zeus, eternal suffering | 46 | |
| 7798314127 | Icarus and Daedalus | wings are built out of feathers and wax. Daedalus tells Icarus to not fly near sun, but he does and dies. Symbolic of not being too reckless | 47 | |
| 7798322939 | Phoenix | reborn, death and rebirth/ resurrection | 48 | |
| 7798326862 | Archetype | universal pattern/ symbols | 49 | |
| 7798329256 | creation | the universe and its structure, humans | 50 | |
| 7798330848 | the cosmos | the sun, the moon, the stars, thunder and lightening, heaven and hell, paradise | 51 | |
| 7798334049 | supernatural beings | gods, divine gifts (fire, wisdom, arts adn crafts), magic | 52 | |
| 7798338332 | monsters and beasts | dragons, mythic animals, animal cults (bull, bear, boar), serpents | 53 | |
| 7798341019 | love and fertility | virgin birth, tragic lovers, abnormal couples, forbidden marriages, conception, fertility, sacrifice for love | 54 | |
| 7798346995 | supernatural combat, quests and tests | good vs. evil, God vs. Satan, hero against monsters, heroic quests (Arthur, Jesus, Jason, Hercules), initiation and immortality, cosmic warfare, battle with/ for evil or death or old age or destiny | 55 | |
| 7798358791 | death and rebirth | realms of the dead, journey to beyond, paradise, judgment, nirvana, resurrection | 56 | |
| 7798368076 | spring | comedy | 57 | |
| 7798368077 | summer | romance | 58 | |
| 7798368078 | fall | tragedy | 59 | |
| 7798368079 | winter | irony | 60 | |
| 7798373125 | Albatross | bird, "Rhyme of Ancient Mariner", after bird is shot, bad things happen, Mariner is forced to wear albatross until he realizes mistake, all creatures big or small have value | 61 | |
| 7798381063 | Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman | 62 | |
| 7798382577 | Ahab, Moby Dick, Ishmael | Moby Dick | 63 | |
| 7798384152 | Big Brother | 1984 | 64 | |
| 7798384153 | Camelot | King Arthur | 65 | |
| 7798386042 | Hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence | 66 | |
| 7798388628 | Pathos | emotional appeal | 67 | |
| 7798390609 | Deus ex machine | a god introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek/ Roman drama | 68 | |
| 7798392387 | Foil | a character with contrastingly different characteristics from main | 69 | |
| 7798395026 | Mask | something that conceals from view | 70 | |
| 7798562214 | Epistle | one of the books from the New Testament | 71 | |
| 7798564225 | Montage | a literary, musical, or artistic composite of juxtaposed elements | 72 | |
| 7798568087 | Parable | short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or religious principle | 73 | |
| 7798571107 | Psalm | a sacred song or poem used in worship | 74 | |
| 7798573207 | allusion | reference to another work | 75 | |
| 7798576875 | Motif | recurring thematic elements | 76 |